Afghan man kills 3 American soldiers
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August 11, 2012, Saturday
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A MAN in an Afghan army uniform shot and killed three American service members yesterday morning in southern Afghanistan, the US military command said, the third attack on coalition forces by their Afghan counterparts in a week. The Taliban claimed the shooter joined the insurgency after the attack.
The shooting took place in Sangin district of Helmand province.
Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi said by telephone the attacker, whom he identified as a member of Helmand police named Asadullah, had joined the insurgency after his attack.
Ahmadi said the man had been helping US forces train the Afghan Local Police troops.
The attack is the third this week on coalition soldiers by Afghans they are training to take over once most international forces leave in 2014.
On Tuesday, two gunmen wearing Afghan army uniforms killed a US soldier and wounded two others in Paktia province in the east.
On Thursday, two Afghan soldiers tried to gun down a group of NATO troops outside a military base in eastern Afghanistan.
No international forces were killed, but one of the attackers was killed as NATO forces shot back.
This year has seen a rising number of so-called "green-on-blue" attacks in which Afghan security forces, or insurgents disguised in their uniforms, kill their US or NATO partners.
So far this year, 30 coalition troops have been killed in 20 such attacks. That compares with 11 fatal attacks and 20 deaths the previous year. In 2007 and 2008 there was a combined total of four attacks and four deaths.
The shooting took place in Sangin district of Helmand province.
Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi said by telephone the attacker, whom he identified as a member of Helmand police named Asadullah, had joined the insurgency after his attack.
Ahmadi said the man had been helping US forces train the Afghan Local Police troops.
The attack is the third this week on coalition soldiers by Afghans they are training to take over once most international forces leave in 2014.
On Tuesday, two gunmen wearing Afghan army uniforms killed a US soldier and wounded two others in Paktia province in the east.
On Thursday, two Afghan soldiers tried to gun down a group of NATO troops outside a military base in eastern Afghanistan.
No international forces were killed, but one of the attackers was killed as NATO forces shot back.
This year has seen a rising number of so-called "green-on-blue" attacks in which Afghan security forces, or insurgents disguised in their uniforms, kill their US or NATO partners.
So far this year, 30 coalition troops have been killed in 20 such attacks. That compares with 11 fatal attacks and 20 deaths the previous year. In 2007 and 2008 there was a combined total of four attacks and four deaths.
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